Honoring Chief Brooks. ROTHBURY — Grant Township firefighters paid tribute to Grant Township Fire Chief Roland Brooks Sunday, Dec. 27, at the fire station. Brooks, who was the chief for 40 years and served on the fire department for 56 years, passed away Dec. 20. His wife Joan and other family members attended the ceremony. The following was transmitted to…
EF organizers secure alternative dates in August 2021. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. ROTHBURY — The four-day Electric Forest Festival attracts 40,000 or more attendees from across the US and other countries to the Double JJ Resort each year, and organizers have secured two alternative time slots in August of 2021 in case the COVID-19 pandemic prevents the festival from happening…
27th Circuit Court sentencings, posted Dec. 21, 2020. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The following were sentenced recently in Oceana County’s 27th Circuit Court: – Travis Scott Plotts, 27, of 10782 N. Bingham Ave., Bitely, Michigan, was found guilty by a jury Oct. 7 of two counts of fleeing and eluding and one count of using a police radio/scanner/receiver…
Long-time fire chief Roland Brooks passes away at age 82. ‘He was probably the most dedicated person in all of Oceana County.’ By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. GRANT TOWNSHIP — Grant Township Fire Chief Roland Brooks, 82, died Sunday afternoon, Dec. 20, at Mercy Health Partners in Muskegon. Brooks served as fire chief for 40 years and had been on the…
Mears man, 78, arrested for sixth drunk driving. GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — A 78-year-old Mears man was arrested by Oceana County sheriff’s deputies Saturday, Dec. 20, at 3:45 p.m., for third-offense operating while intoxicated, subsequent-offense driving while license suspended (DWLS) and open intoxicants on North 56th Avenue, according to Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast. The man has been arrested for third-offense…
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